Traditionalist Catholicism
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Traditionalist Catholicism is a movement that emphasizes beliefs, practices, customs, traditions, liturgical forms, devotions and presentations of teaching associated with the Catholic Church before t
Mass celebrated ad orientem according to the Tridentine form of the Roman Rite. The ornate altar and priests' vestments are characteristic of Traditionalist Catholic practice.
Tridentine Mass in a chapel of the Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Boston, Palm Sunday 2009
Altar of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere, erected in 1700 and still used today. It faces both east and versus populum (towards the people).
Saint Peter's Basilica facade, Rome, Italy
Tridentine Mass
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The Tridentine Mass, also known as the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite, the usus antiquior, the Vetus Ordo, the Traditional Latin Mass, or the Traditional Rite, is the form of Mass found in the R
Traditionalist Catholicism
…of teaching associated with the Catholic Church before the Second Vatican Council (1962–1965). Traditionalist Catholics particularly emphasize the Tridentine Mass, the Roman Rite liturgy largely replaced in general use by the post–Second Vatican Council Mass of Paul VI. Many traditionalist Catholics disliked the…
A Roman Rite Catholic altar set up ready for a solemn mass. Leaning against the tabernacle and two of the candlesticks are altar cards (sometimes associated with the Tridentine manner of celebrating the Mass).
Missale Romanum in Croatian Glagolitic script printed in 1483
Elevation of the Chalice during consecration at a missa cantata